List of woodturners

This is a list of woodturners - notable people who are known for their woodturning by means of using a pole lathe or a wood lathe with hand-held tools to cut a shape that is symmetrical around the axis of rotation, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object.

Example of bowl turning

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B

• Noeline Brokenshire (1925–2022) New Zealand woodturner, publisher, and sportswoman

J

• John Jordan (1950–2023) American woodturner

L

• George Lailey (1869–1958) British woodturner, noted for his traditional craft of bowl-turning using a pole lathe
• Mark Lindquist (born 1949) American woodturner, ceramicist, author, and photographer
• Mel Lindquist (1911–2000) American woodturner, and engineer

M

• William H. Macy (born 1950) American actor, known for his woodturning
• Bert Marsh (1932–2011) British woodturner
• Moulthrop family, American woodturning family of three generations

O

• Rude Osolnik (1915–2001) American woodturner, author, and educator

P

• Binh Pho (1955–2017) Vietnamese-born American artist known for woodturning

R

• Richard Raffan (born 1943) British-born Australian woodturner, author, and instructor
• Abe Rich (1926–2008) Lithuanian-born Israeli wood craftsman, woodturner, and Holocaust survivor

S

• Jakob Sandtner, 16th century Germany woodturner
• Merryll Saylan (born 1936) American woodturner, known for the application of color in wood art
• Bob Stocksdale (1913–2003) American woodturner

See also

• American studio woodturning movement
• List of sculptors
• List of woodcarvers
• List of people by occupation